Donald Featherstone’s Battles with Model Soldiers was a charming introductory book when published in 1979 for the emerging hobby of wargaming.
This book was written for the newcomer to the... More > hobby of wargaming. It discusses how armies can be assembled and how, on any reasonably sized table, realistic engagements can be fought by tactical manoeuvring. The basic rules by which forces are moved and casualties assessed are explained. The book then goes onto to give a brief overview of the different wargaming periods.
The book includes some simple rules and a detailed description of an American Civil War battle on the table top. The book was well received when first published and still has a charm that will appeal to the modern wargamer.
The second edition of this book is published by the History of Wargaming Project.< Less

Andersen’s fairy tales of fantasy with moral lessons are popular with children and adults all over the world, and they also contain autobiographical details of the man himself.
"The... More > Constant Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. The booklet consists of Andersen's "The Daisy" and "The Wild Swans". The tale was Andersen’s first not based upon a folk tale or a literary model. "The Constant Tin Soldier" has been adapted to various media including ballet and animated film.< Less

Donald Featherstone's classic wargaming book, War Games, was first published in 1962. It was largely responsible for turning a somewhat obscure hobby into a popular pastime across the world.
This... More > revised edition includes new material including a foreword by Paddy Griffith.
There are five sets of classic rules in the book:
-Tony Bath’s Ancient Wargaming Rules
-Lionel Tarr’s Modern Wargaming rules. (Modern being WWII)
-American Civil Wargaming Rules
-Simple WWII rules
-Skirmish rules for colonial warfare
Each set is clearly explained. There are also three accounts of ealy wargames; a battle from the fantasy world of Hyboria, an American Civil War action and the encounter on the St James Road between the British Grenadier Guards and the German panzer grenadiers in WWII.
The book is a piece of wargaming history and is published as part of the History of Wargaming Project.< Less

"The Constant Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire... More > with the ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. The booklet consists of Andersen's "The Daisy" and "The Wild Swans". The tale was Andersen’s first not based upon a folk tale or a literary model. "The Constant Tin Soldier" has been adapted to various media including ballet and animated film.< Less

The Alamo in Miniature explores the whole range of Alamo figures, buildings and accessories made for play, collecting and wargaming.
George Kearton has been collecting toy and model... More > soldiers since 1955 and his fascination with the Alamo dates back to the early 1960’s.
The book also gives overviews of the Alamo, the Texas Revolution and its aftermath and includes details of over 30 other Alamo books, many Alamo boardgames, the most recent 'Alamo' films and their soundtrack music.
Items by nearly 100 makers worldwide are listed and the book includes photographs of over 50 items from the author’s own collection.
He is the author of The Collectors Guide to Plastic Toy Soldiers, 1947- 1987 which is still the only comprehensive single-volume history of plastic toy soldiers. This iconic work was republished by John Curry in 2012 as part of The History of Wargaming Project.< Less

The Collector’s Guide to Plastic Toy Soldiers, 1947-87 was the first-ever book to illustrate the tremendous range and scope of plastic toy soldiers from across the World.
Published in 1987 in a... More > limited edition of just 1,000 signed copies it sold out very quickly and, since then, has become a “Holy Grail” publication for collectors. Twenty five years later it remains the only single-volume study of plastic toy soldiers from “The Golden Age” .
This newly-scanned reprint includes the whole of the original book; an article by George Kearton written for “Plastic Warrior” magazine several years ago, a new introduction by him and an extract from “Old Toy Soldier Newsletter” with details of his Toy Soldier Museum in Lancashire which was open from 1983 to 1986.
Also included is: early example of George Kearton’s mail order listings, reminiscences of collecting plastic toy soldiers before the Internet and toy soldier shows specially written by Peter Cole, co-founder toy soldier makers “Replicants”.< Less

These wargame rules have been designed so that players can fight typical small battles between European Colonial armies and their opponents during the period between 1875 and 1910. They use a square... More > gridded battlefield, which removes the need to measure both move distances and weapon ranges, thus speeding up the whole process of fighting a wargame. It also removes any doubts or possible disputes as to whether or not a unit has moved too far or if it is in range or not. They also incorporate simple combat resolution systems that likewise speed up game play. The armies needed to fight battles with these rules are small by most wargames standards. This means that players can ‘raise’ lots of small armies rather than a couple of big ones.< Less

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